*$-#*%&*! bristle worms!

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andretti

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I bought a nice bulb anemone the other day. It was attatched to a really big piece of L/R and the guy could not remove it, so the owner threw the L/R in for free!
The rock alone would've cost about $ 45! Pretty nice of him considering I've spent enough $$$$$$ in there to put both of his kids through Harvard Medical School. Anyway, a day or two later, I noticed about 9,000,000 bristle worms! :mad:
Being that my 125 is a fully stocked reef, I decided to use "Trap 'Em" It worked wonderful
The first night alone over 20 of those little $%*-#!& are no longer a danger to my corals. I imagine I'll have to use this for well over a month. i'm thinking of getting two more; one for the fuge, and one for the other side of the tank.
 
fishmamma

fishmamma

Active Member
Most of them are harmless. I read they have to be the width of your finger and quite long in order to be a threat to corals.
 
wax32

wax32

Active Member
99% of the bristle worms we see in the hobby are harmless to corals, only a very rare few eat them. I don't think I would want 9 million of them just cause I like to SEE my corals, but it's nothing to freak out over.
 
anonome

anonome

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I have my share of them and they have never harmed anything in my tank. I do however get rid of them once they become real fat and long, eventhough I haven't seen any trouble. I wouldn't be too quick to get rid of yours.
 
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andretti

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I know they're good for sand sifting and all, but the ones I saw were all in my zoos foraging around. BTW, if you want some...come on over! We'll swap some rock.
 
mr_bill

mr_bill

Active Member
LOL, I recently tried to rearrange some rock work and two of my large rocks that sit next to each other would not sepparate because the bristle worms were holding them together.
 
crzyfshygy

crzyfshygy

Member
Coral banded shrimps will devore those things. I had a ton after tank set up and the banded ate almost every one of them.
 
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